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Bus crash kills 1

dozens are injured

January 03, 2008

HOUSTON, TEXAS — A chartered bus coming from Mexico veered off a highway early Wednesday and overturned, killing one passenger and injuring dozens of others, at least six of them critically, authorities said.

Some of the passengers crawled out an emergency exit on the roof.

The bus was heading to Houston when it crashed about 125 miles southwest of the city.

"The investigation is centering on driver fatigue," said Tom Vinger, spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.